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Haas dispenses with Mick Schumacher and signs veteran Nico Hülkenberg

Schumacher: "I don't want to hide that I am very disappointed with Haas".

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Haas dispenses with Mick Schumacher and signs veteran Nico Hülkenberg

Schumacher: "I don't want to hide that I am very disappointed with Haas"

Hülkenberg: "I'm excited to be able to do what I love the most again"

BARCELONA, Nov. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) -

The American Formula 1 team Haas F1 Team announced this Thursday that the German driver Mick Schumacher will not continue with the team in 2023, after two full seasons in which he scored 12 points, and that the veteran Nico Hülkenberg, 35, will be his second driver with Kevin Magnussen.

"Haas F1 Team and Mick Schumacher will part ways at the conclusion of the 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Haas F1 Team has signed German Nico Hülkenberg to contest the 2023 FIA Formula 1 World Championship alongside Danish Kevin Magnussen ", the team announced in a statement.

On the one hand, the team confirmed a rumor that had already come true; Mick Schumacher will not start what would be his third campaign at Haas. The German, F2 champion in 2020 and son of the historic Michael Schumacher, joined Haas in 2021 along with the already ousted Nikita Mazepin.

This year, as a teammate of the Dane Kevin Magnussen, Schumacher scored his first points in Formula 1, first with an eighth place in the 2022 British Grand Prix and, in the following round in Austria, with a sixth place that is his best. championship performance. This 2022 closed it in 16th place with those 12 points.

"I would like to thank Mick Schumacher for his contribution to the team over the last two years," said Haas team principal Guenther Steiner. "Mick's pedigree in the junior categories was well known and he has continued to grow and develop as a driver in his time with Haas, culminating in his first Formula 1 scoring successes earlier this season," he said.

"While we choose to go in separate directions for the future, the entire team wishes Mick the best for the next steps in his professional career and beyond," Steiner said.

For his part, Mick Schumacher said goodbye to Haas on his social networks. "This is going to be my last race with the Haas F1 Team. I don't want to hide the fact that I am very disappointed by the decision not to renew our contract," he acknowledged.

"However, I would like to thank both Haas F1 and Ferrari for giving me this opportunity. Those years together have helped me mature both technically and personally. And especially when things got tough, I realized how much I love this sport." , qualified.

For the German, his time in F1 had "bumps". Now, except for surprise, he will not have a steering wheel in 2023 since only Williams has a place and it will be, in principle, for a driver from his academy.

"I constantly improved, learned a lot and now I am sure I deserve a place in Formula 1. The issue is anything but closed for me. Setbacks only make you stronger. My fire burns and I will fight hard to get back on the starting grid of F1," he said.

After announcing the departure of Mick Schumacher, Haas announced that his successor will also be the German Nico Hülkenberg, a 35-year-old veteran who was "very happy" to return to the 'Great Circus'. "I feel like I never really left Formula 1," he said.

"I am excited to have the opportunity to do what I love the most again," said a Hülkenberg who has 521 points in F1, with a fourth place as the best result and a 'pole position', achieved in the 2010 Brazilian GP with Williams, at its premiere.

Steiner welcomed the German driver to Haas. "I am very happy to welcome Nico Hülkenberg back to Formula 1 as a factory driver. The experience and knowledge base that Nico brings to the team is evident, with almost 200 Formula 1 races," he said.

"He has a reputation for being a great qualifier and a solid, reliable driver. These are attributes which, when combined with Kevin Magnussen's experience, give us a very experienced driver pairing that we believe will help propel the team forward in the grid", predicted Steiner, in this sense.

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